It's a grey day here on the east coast of Ireland!
I thought I'd share my view with you as I write this newsletter.
It has been quite a wild week, with storms in the Irish Sea causing an exceptionally high tide on the 14th, my neighbours living just above the beach have to deploy sand bags and prayers on days like that!
Things are looking a lot sunnier on the business front!
My one to one personal coaching course has started (I offered 25 coaching slots as a special bonus to subscribers who purchased 'Multi Profit Websites' through my link).
I have completed several 'one to one' Skype video calls lasting around 1 hour each discussing individual online business plans and sharing my experiences of what works online. These calls will be followed by PDF and video material providing easy to follow step by step advice to setting everything up.
The feedback from these first sessions has been so enthusiastic and I have enjoyed doing them so much that I am considering offering a limited number of similar coaching slots to you, my newsletter readers.
To be fair to my existing students I won't be offering these additional coaching places for free but you will receive personal, one to one coaching during which I will share all of the methods and techniques I use to earn a full time income online.
Please don't confuse this with the coaching courses that are offered from time to time by the big online marketing 'gurus'. These courses, often costing thousands of dollars, are very good but they typically consist of PDF and online video material only, you don't get the opportunity to talk 'face to face' and get inside the minds of these people.
This isn't a sales pitch, at the moment it is just an idea and I want to know whether you would be interested in building your own online business with my personal help.
To help me gauge possible demand I have created a short survey (it is very short!)
There is space to record your thoughts/comments so let me know what you really think.
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In last weeks newsletter we talked about building a mailing list, but what do you do once those visitors start opting-in and your list starts to grow?
I have created a video to share my early list building experience;
If you are having trouble seeing the detail click here to watch the video through YouTube, click the 'HD' button, the detail is easier to read.
It is vital that you communicate with your subscribers in the right way, you can't just send promotional emails with links to affiliate products and expect to make money.
No, you must nurture your relationship with your readers and in my next newsletter I will explain exactly how I build the trust that the long term success of my business relies on.
Before I go I'd like to leave you with a few lines of encouragement.
I know how disheartening it can be when you've tried to make money online, you've bought the products and followed the advice of the 'guru's' and it just hasn't happened.
It is so easy to conclude that it is never going to happen for you and to just give up.
I know because I've felt those feelings many times myself.
I have also felt the sheer elation of making more money in a day online than I used to make in a month in my 9-5 job.
I have watched in excited amazement as my information products have sold 76 copies in a single day.
I have felt the warmth from people who have written to say how much they enjoy reading my work.
Remember, I am just an ordinary guy with no special skills, at the beginning of 2008 I had no products, no list, no websites.
Now I'm making my living online and I can pass on my experience of what works to you.
So please keep the faith, you don't need to be a 'techie' nerd, you don't need a huge mailing list, you don't need a unique idea you just need hard work and dedication and a guiding hand from someone who has been where you are.
